Stormy Weekend

We had some violent weather pass through the area this weekend. A tornado touched down just southeast of us on Saturday. We spent a good hour in the basement...just to play it safe(including Little Willow, our cat). There were several flickers but no outages or damage.

Richard has a busy summer lined up. This month he will be in New York for five days at Binghamton University. He will be visiting a professor there who is interested in Curie High School as a satellite in the midwest to teach nano technology at a high school level. Looks like Rich will be providing Chicago Schools with another "first in the nation" program.

Rich is also going fishing with a large group of friends. They are doing a fly-in up in Canada for five days. It will be good for Rich to do this. These guys have been friends of his for years.

Then in August, Richard and I are going to Hawaii for twelve glorious days. We are celebrating our 30th wedding anniversary. It will feel so good to get away. It has been four years since we have gone on a vacation.

Now to speak about HYWT. I received a shipment of yarn this week from Conjoined Creations. They have phenomenal hand dyed yarns. They will also be sending me their Flat Feet yarn in the next few weeks. I will keep you posted as to when it arrives.

Mary Beth and I have a workshop this Thursday at one of the Lockport Libraries. I received an e-mail from the gal there and she said that 12 have signed up for the beginner crochet class. It will be fun and we are looking forward to it.

Well, I had better get things ready for tomorrow. I will write again soon.

Knit on!
Kathleen

Memorial Day Weekend

It is a beautiful morning here in Frankfort, Illinois. It is nice to have a long weekend to visit with family. Yesterday, my mom and her friend, Theresa came by for a cookout. We sat outside to visit and eat but it got pretty chilly out there and so we had to venture indoors to continue with our visit. It is hard to believe that it is the end of May, with the cool weather we have been having. I am not complaining however. I welcome this cooler weather and not looking forward to the heat and humidity of summers here.

Richard and I will be celebrating our 30th wedding anniversary in August and we are going to Hawaii in August. I can hardly wait! Rich has never been there and I had a very memorable visit there way back in 1977. It was a family vacation with my mom, dad, grandma and two of my knittin' sisters, Mary Beth and Patricia! We were there for eleven glorious days.

Richard and I are going to Mary Beth and Gerry's today for a cookout. I am looking forward to it. Tomorrow we plan on clearing out the area that will be the HYWT Studio! Hooray, FINALLY!! It looks like we will be opening soon!!!!!!!

Well, I had better get moving.

Have a memorable Memorial Day!
Kathleen

Inventory Keeps Growing!

I have added a new yarn vendor.  They are: www.conjoinedcreations.com .  They feature some VERY nice yarns for crocheting (an extraordinary eyelash yarn for Mary Beth's funky purses).  All of their yarns are hand dyed so no two are alike.  The also have a sock yarn called "Flat Feet".  It is very unique because it is not sold by skein, hank or ball, but rather a "flat of knitted yarn which is hand dyed.  You unravel it as you knit your socks...very portable.  I am creating a pattern for them, by the way and they will purchase my pattern!!!  

I am going to pick up two comfy chairs from Carol B on Saturday.  Then the next step is to clear out the related living area.  Rich's sister is going to pick up the furniture she wants in the beginning of June.

I want to have a Monday Night (Panera Knitters!) Knitting group as well as a Friday Night group.  My yarns, (Knitters magazine too) and accessories will be available for sale then.  I have updated the website and added a couple of other classes to the list.  The classes are by appointment only and all you have to do to sign up is send me an e-mail and we can set up a time for your class.   The classes will be payable only by cash or check...no credit card (to keep yarn prices down).

I also wanted to let you know that HYWT Studio will also be listed in the 2008 Knitters Shop Finder!!!  I can't wait to go to the Stitches Midwest in August!

Well, I better go and start dinner.

Talk to you soon and KNIT ON!
Kathleen 

Yarns Are In!

Wow!

The yarns are in and all inventoried. I am so excited. I have received lots of yarns plus patterns and accessories.

Now all I need to do is get the studio up and running. Carol B has donated two big comfy chairs for the studio but right now I have no room in the area and besides, I don't know how to get them here. We sold our van this fall and due to the rise in gas prices opted for a smaller vehicle.

I had a nice Mother's Day. My mom, sister Karen and her hubby Jim and Lara were here. I made a nice meal and we ate in the dining room. All fancy, with folded napkins and all. I miss Eric.

Dishes are done and everyone has left. Rich is grading papers and I am going to work on one of my knitting projects.

I will keep you up to date as to when the HYWT Studio will open. By the way, check out the website. It has been re-vamped. Tell me what you think.

Website: www.haveyarnwilltravel.homestead.com
Email: HYWTstudio@gmail.com

Kathleen

Yarns Are Arriving

I have received some of the accessories and will be receiving the Plymouth Yarns order by the end of this week. This is exciting. I only wish that the studio was ready to open. My sister in law has not picked up her portion of the estate so everything is on hold for the HYWT Studio to open until everything is moved out.

I have been very busy at work. Do you believe that last Thursday marked my being there for one year already? It is a very interesting job, but I have to admit...I miss the library and the kids. But life goes on and it is good.

I spoke to Eric yesterday and he is planning on coming home this summer. It will be so good to see him.

Lara had a job interview at Ulta. It is a Marketing job and it seems right up her alley. I hope she gets it.

Well, got to go and clean the kitchen. Talk to you soon!!

Kathleen

It's Friday!

I have so much to do today, I hardly know where to begin.  So far today I have reapplied for a new Tax ID number for HYWT.   Once that form was completed on-line (isn't the internet WONDERFUL) I proceeded to apply for an Illinois Business Income Tax.

Now I have begun to work on the Village of Frankfort General Business License and I had several questions while I was filling the form so I called them.  It seems there is a snag.  They are concerned about parking space for the Studio.  Now I worry that there will be some problem.  I am waiting for them to return my call.  Keep your fingers crossed.

I think what will save me however is that the business will be by appointment only...I sure hope so.

I will write more later.

Kathleen

It's Been Awhile...

I know, I know it has been a while. Shame on me!

Life has been very busy and I can hardly believe that it is the end of March. Before I know it the HYWT Studio will be opening its doors for busy knitters in the area.

I have ordered lots of nice yarns and accessories. Please remember that my finances are limited so my items will not be as many as I would like them to be. However, I will take special orders as we will have books from Needful Yarns, Plymouth, Southwest Trading Company and Norwegian Spirit Yarns. I also have contacts from the Knitting Fever.com website. Those yarns include Elsebeth LaVold, Debbie Bliss, Araucania, Noro and others.

We bought a new patio set this past weekend so on pleasant evenings when the Monday Night Knitting Group meets at the studio, we will be able to sit out there. It will be very relaxing... afterall that is what knitting does....relaxes you.

I am currently finishing up a sweater that I set aside last fall. It is a sleeveless sweater with some cablework in the front in a "Big Bird" yellow. The yarn I used is a Debbie Bliss Cotton Cashmere. I am piecing it together and should be done soon. I just started another pair of socks using an Araucania sock yarn in variegated colors. It is beautiful yarn.

Well, I had better close for now. I promise I won't wait so long to write next time. Please feel free to send comments.

K